ShinBay

This is my honest and fair review. Good presentation. Fair quality of fish. But I was disappointed by shari. Temp is slighly colder side, and amount of shari is good. But vinegar mix came out like wrong combinations. Shari is the most important part of sushi. Also Kohada was not well made. I do not mean to be critical, but the soul of edomae sushi was missing in this omakase. Just my personal opinion from someone raised up with edomae sushi in Tokyo. Harmony of fish and shari is very important here.

I had the pleasure of joining my business partner for a meal here. It certainly is not your standard sushi experience by any means. The care and preparation that goes in to every dish is extraordinary. I don’t know that I’ve ever had such a meticulously orchestrated dining experience. Not for the faint of wallet, but definitely more of an experience than you will find elsewhere.

Despite every dish being absolutely high quality, for the price I can’t give it five stars when half the items only tasted “pretty good” and the the highlights were all “almost as good as the best I’ve had”. If you don’t have experience authentic Japanese food, this is a fantastic tasting course. But for the more experienced looking for something to blow their socks off I’d recommend Binkleys. For the same price and booking ahead requirements every single one of their 20 dishes was a food wars moment.

This place is great but candidly I'm a little disappointed. I'm not sure if I built it up but it didn't deliver on the hype or expectations. Having said that the experience, service, and food is superb! The service was very attentive and the environment is intimate - so much so, you become self-concious of your conversation because everyone can hear you. The ingredients are extremely fresh and out together nicely for unique tastes. However, for a tasting menu, it leaves you wanting to go get a burger afterwards because the fare is so light (which could be a good thing depending on who you are). Personally if I'm throwing down that much for dinner, I don't want to feel like I need to go buy more dinner lol. I'd still recommend giving it a shot if you like omakase but I've had much better in other states so adjust your expectations accordingly.

Great service and wonderful experience. The fish and food was truly amazing and delicious. I haven't even heard of some of the fishes and lot of the variety is not available in any Arizona sushi restaurants. Toro was great, and Uni was the best I ever had.